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Since 1965 when the Maldives were granted independence from the United Kingdom, the British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka has doubled as the (non-resident) British High Commissioner to the Maldives (from 1982 to 2016, and since 1 February 2020) and as the British Ambassador to the Maldives (1965 to 1982, and October 2016 to 2020). [1]
Sir Everard im Thurn (1852–1932) Acting: 19 November 1903 3 December 1903 14 days Edward VII: 19 Henry Arthur Blake (1840–1918) 3 December 1903 11 July 1907 3 years, 220 days Edward VII: Hugh Clifford (1866–1941) Acting: 11 July 1907 24 August 1907 44 days Edward VII: 20 Henry Edward McCallum (1852–1919) 24 August 1907 24 January 1913
1951 - Sir Chittampalam Abraham Gardiner, Senator. 1951 - The Honourable Sir Edward George Perera Jayetileke, KC, Chief Justice of Ceylon. 1951 - Sir Ukwatte Acharige Jayasundera, CBE KC, Senator. 1951 - Sir Razik Fareed, OBE, Senator. Order of St Michael and St George. Companion, (CMG) 1951 - Oswald Leslie De Kretser II. For public services.
Once the Kingdom of Kandy was taken over by the British in 1815, a British Resident Sir John D'Oyly was appointed along with a Board of Commissioners who were civil servants. Following the Colebrooke-Cameron Commission recommendations administration of the coastal provinces and the former Kingdom of Kandy were merged and administration formed ...
Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 8 Dudley Senanayake cabinet III: 25 March 1965: 29 May 1970: Dudley Senanayake: United National Party: 9 Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet II: 29 May 1970: 23 July 1977: William Gopallawa (1972–1978) Sirimavo Bandaranaike: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 10 Jayewardene cabinet I: 23 July 1977: 7 September 1978: J. R. Jayewardene ...
Great Rebellion of 1817–1818 (Sinhala: ඌව වෙල්ලස්ස මහා කැරැල්ල), also known as the 1818 Uva–Wellassa Rebellion (after the two places it had started), was the third Kandyan War in the Uva and Wellassa provinces of the former Kingdom of Kandy, which is today the Uva province of Sri Lanka.
Reverend Walter Stanley Senior (10 May 1876 – 23 February 1938) was an English scholar, poet and member of the Church Missionary Society. [1] Popularly known as the "Bard of Lanka", [2] [3] [4] his works are still widely read in the island nation. He was also vice principal of Trinity College, Kandy, Sri Lanka.
The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). Maniccavasagar, Chelvatamby (24 February 2012). "Colombo Municipal Council's 147th anniversary: Largest Local Authority in SL". Daily News (Sri Lanka). Warnakulasuriya, Deepal (27 May 2007). "Colombo Mayor in a quagmire!". Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka). Amaranayake, Vindya; Wamanan, Arthur (26 September 2010).